HOTARU
Deimos' disgruntled countenance would be amazingly blank for anyone else, but she tugs on his jacket one more time before she releases him to go to the back. Asks with her eyes for him to trust her, that she wouldn't do this to spurn him. But whether he takes her up on that silent communication or not, she releases him, trusting he would do a fantastic job with the task she has given him. The others she doesn't doubt will do the same, but nobody could compare to the trust she keeps in Deimos. The tone is distinctly lighter as she greets Jigano and Sunjata, and her smile is mischievous and pleased beneath her amused eyes as Jigano takes her hand and sweeps low over it. She is not wearing a skirt, but she dips in return, a slight curtseying motion to honor the regality he treats her with. It's both familiar and a rush, having gone so long without it, her mantle free of any crown or embellishments since the fall of Helovia.
She shares a shark's smile with Sunjata as Jigano deposits his name into the conversation, and though he had earned hers first - still a sore loss in her book - Hotaru had always reigned over connections, over the information these people hold. And she is right to have gambled on Jigano's prevalence in this world, because it has secured her equal ground once more. She winks satisfactorily at Sunjata before she offers them tasks at their choosing, nodding in response to Jigano's cheery salute as he goes wandering out of sight. Sunjata's comment brings her fire back, and as he walks by and grazes her she laughs softly and reaches to pinch his behind when he does. "Don't hurt yourself getting on your knees, Sunjata. I may want you on them later."
Hotaru ventures back out to the front of the store, cleaning the windows and rehanging the front boards as she goes to make it look appealing to any passerby. Oh, but setting up shop is not so easy! Sunjata will find himself with a nest of baby oppossums in one of the cupboards, and Deimos would find that part of the frame is rotting away where the hinges are placed. Hotaru finds the same beneath some of the boards. Jigano is in luck, but the furnace would need to be tempered internally before using the accelerant Hotaru needs to achieve glass melting temperatures!
Round two! Sunjata has discovered a nest of baby possums, Deimos and Hotaru are dealing with structural damage, and Jigano needs to get fire happy!
i'm the little lightning girl
living electricity
a lightning bolt in human form
